{"id":47829,"date":"2026-09-12T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=47829"},"modified":"2026-09-14T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:23:06","slug":"defense-submits-security-application-as-nasir-incident-trial-adjourns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/defense-submits-security-application-as-nasir-incident-trial-adjourns\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense submits security application as Nasir incident trial adjourns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Yiep Joseph<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defense team in the Nasir Incident trial has submitted a security application to the Special Court. Following the submission, the court adjourned the proceedings until September 23.<\/p>\n<p>The application was presented during the court&#8217;s 115th session on Wednesday and was addressed to both the prosecution and the court.<\/p>\n<p>The defense raised the concerns following earlier claims about alleged threats to the safety of the accused and members of the defense team.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding Judge\u00a0James Alala\u00a0ordered that the contents of the application remain confidential.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, details concerning the nature of the alleged security threats have not been made public.<\/p>\n<p>The Court subsequently adjourned the proceedings to\u00a0September 23\u00a0to allow the necessary measures to be considered and taken in response to the security concerns raised by the defense.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves the suspended first vice president and seven co-accused in connection with the Nasir Incident.<\/p>\n<p>The trial has attracted considerable public attention because of the senior political figures involved and the wider circumstances surrounding the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Nasir Incident relates to events surrounding violence in\u00a0Nasir, Upper Nile State, and the developments that followed.<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings are examining allegations and circumstances connected to the incident, with the prosecution and defense presenting their respective positions before the court.<\/p>\n<p>The adjournment will give the court and relevant authorities time to assess the concerns raised by the defense and take any necessary steps before proceedings resume.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0September 23\u00a0session will therefore be closely watched as the Court determines whether the security concerns have been adequately addressed and whether the trial can proceed.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the specific details of the alleged threats remain confidential, and the proceedings remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The accused remains entitled to due process and a fair hearing as the court considers the allegations before it.<\/p>\n<p>The Nasir Incident trial is scheduled to resume on September 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yiep Joseph The defense team in the Nasir Incident trial has submitted a security application to the Special Court. Following the submission, the court adjourned the proceedings until September 23. The application was presented during the court&#8217;s 115th session on Wednesday and was addressed to both the prosecution and<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/defense-submits-security-application-as-nasir-incident-trial-adjourns\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Presiding-Judge-Dr-James-Alala-Deng-courtesy-photo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47831,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829\/revisions\/47831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}